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Comment by Chigau

One of the bosses of Stormwind. Serves as the protector to King Anduin Wrynn.

Notes: Possesses a cleaving attack, as well as an AoE stun. High survivability, and a location close to the Stormwind battlemasters make him a less-than ideal target for horde looking to kill a city leader.

Comment by Olofsson

His HP must be 250000, not 25000.

Comment by Hellbane

kinda hard raids boss.the stun is really annoying and is hard while lots of allys attack you from all directions.did a guild run with 10 guildies and like 20-30 randoms and we downed darnassus and exodar but stopped on stormwind.right now preparing for a raid on this guy.btw there is a rumor that main faction leaders give 16k honor is it true ?

Comment by Littleboot

Doesnt sound true. Total War on Haomarush has downed every Alliance boss and it they did give that honor alot of honor grinds would have been easier. Anyway this boss is about good healers. If you can pull with just him and then start slamming him he is easy. Got 20 manned its just a matter of having good healers and quick dps

Comment by yakashamonian

See I hate the bull HP scales the post on this site. Bolvar at 25,000? I've healed him for 14000 with a LoH and his health bar hardly moved. not to mention he gets he for 700-1400 like 6x every 2.6 seconds. thats 4200-7000 damage every 3 seconds pretty much.

Bolvar has like 1,700,000HP and they're giving HP scalings of 7000 or some crap on Khadgar, you can't even fight him how would they know, oh and like 42,000 on king Magni when it's known he has about 600,000HP I wish Wow head wouldn't post BS HP scales. If they fought but HP meter was flipping back and forth estimate, but don't post complete bs.

And I think he use to give that honor back in beta

Comment by kingbread

he got a retribution buff. it hits for 200 per time now. plus i think he actually heals himself now.

we jumped in when the dragons were chopping him. they ticked him to about 75%

Comment by flaktrooper

The main problem with him is not that he is hard, he don't have much in term of damage spells really (just cleave and normal hits), but rather the 30-80 alliance players in the back room, which is a major problem in crowded servers.

Comment by Xandin

I heard that his stun is called "High Lord's Justice" and will affect the whole raid. I never knew that he healed every 5 minutes, I've seen a video where a guild called Los Banditos Locos downed him (and most other alliance bosses for that matter) and he never healed, or stunned, once.

Comment by davidzdk

Mana says 67740 which means that horde might have a problem attacking him :)

Comment by swishasweet

Coords: 78,17.

Comment by tunzer5

It said Highlord Bolvar's Medallion's Shatters........ what does it mean? it was in the middle of the fight ...

Comment by Phyx

killed him last night, as with every other alliance faction leader after our instance servers crashed.. so we took our TK raid to ally leaders and served them some tauren sandwich.

Ideal strat for this would be

Have a protection paladin on add controll tanking all guards near the entrance to the hall and warlocks using SoC on him

then as your running up have your main tank ie: warrior/bear druid stand in the hall to the left (just in the doorway because if you go to far up that hall he both evade bugs and spawns heaps of guards

seeing as your tank is there ready to tank the boss get your ranged dps to take down the named npcs next to him (with your prot pally still picking up the guards) once all the named npcs are down get a misdirect on your main tank to Highlord Bolvar Fordragon and have him pick it up

he heals every once and a while.. this is like a mini enrage timer though

the hardest part of this fight when you tank him in the doorway is to have half of your ranged dps in the hall at MAX RANGE (so they dont take the stun) and nuke the boss after your tank has steady aggro of it

and the other half of your ranged dps on what we call gnome duty, which is to snap any alliance that tries to interfere

fight takes about 5 minutes and is really easy for a raid in T5 :P

Comment by jimilee

Anyone able to link screenshots of a recent defeat of the Highlord? interested to know his HP. All city bosses since Tbc realise have around 1 million HP

Comment by GyleDominyT

does he really drop around 2.4k gold cause im thinking he would be nice to raid he a few times if ure lookin for ure flying mount

Comment by Darkfire

He does not drop 2.4k gold and does not yeild 16k honour!

Comment by gesmana

when SW:s real king makes comeback, he may be moved somewhere else

Comment by zoroz

in RotLK comes out he will be in notherland (or how ever you spel that)

Comment by doomcat

In the upcoming expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, Bolvar Fordragon will be leading the forefront of the Alliance campaign against the Lich King in Northrend. He may not actually be in Northrend, in the quest Hell Has Frozen Over he is described as having soldiers sent to Valgarde. However, it was said very clearly that he would be in Northrend in this YouTube video, so he may just not be in Valgarde. If so, it is not clear who would take his place in Stormwind, but speculation would point to Varian Wrynn.

I reused all the WoWWiki links since WoWHead doesn't seem to have the quest or the NPC.

Comment by emokid

"for dragon" imo. since hes there to fend off onyxia.

Comment by Blackhawk003

As Varian Wrynn is shown in the comic to be making his way home from Kalimdor, he will likely free Bolvar from his commitments as regent. This would be a logical step, as Wrynn will reportedly be taking a larger role in Azeroth, and is even said by Blizzard to perhaps become the Aliiance's Thrall equivalent. We can thus conclude that Bolvar will be able to journey to Northrend himself.

Comment by pha7ars3

Since he's the one taking care of any dragon heads Alliance players chop off, doesn't it make him Saurfang's rival?

Comment by Doomedphate

How much Gold does he really drop. thrall drops 200g and this guy 1.4k. no way jose.

Comment by Crystalcreal

Yeah he is kinda hard

Comment by Octoscaf

well we downed him yesterday with 2 (almost) full raidgroups and our group didnt tag him so we killed him but got nothing... so im still really curious what is the real price of swatting him...do we get 15k honour? 2k+ gold? Otherwise it's NOT worth the trip...

Comment by ate94

Comment by Elamdri

According to the newly released video, Bolvar, along with Saurfang the Younger, die in the expansion at the battle of the Wrath Gate.

Comment by shadowspa

He and Saurfang the Younger die in WotLK...prety cool cinematic after u complete the q http://www.wowwiki.com/Quest:Return_To_Angrathar_(Alliance) (cinematic on this page) aliance and horde atack the wrath gate and call the lich king,who sayurfang atacks and gets killed and has his soul stolen.then before anyone else can do something the forsaken show up and release a new plague that kills all aliance and horde members and aperantly also hurts the lich king.in a later q u learn that apotecary putress and varimatras have taken over undercity and u get a q to retake it (http://www.wowwiki.com/Quest:The_Battle_For_The_Undercity_(Alliance) ).after everything the king of stormwind and thrall and their armys fight and jaina freezes everyone wioth some kind of ultraspell and teleports all aliance back to stormwind.

Comment by IFking

He's apparently not where he was in 2.4 as of 3.0....Instead he was replaced by the real king...the REAL king...

Comment by omgitskarly

The quest "The First and the Last" is now given by King Varian Wrynn <King of Stormwind>.

Comment by jakxdarogue

omg WTF i was just in the SW Harbor and Highlord Bolvar Fordragon is there Fighting with the new SW king everyone said he dies but hes not dead.....

Comment by Jeffdabomb

who Saurfang attacks and gets killed and has his soul stolen

I believe Saurfang the younger is not lost yet, he can still be saved because of this. If the Lich king decided to resurrect Saurfang as a Death Knight, he might be able to come back to the horde, but as a Death Knight of course. As for Bolvar, I believe he is permanently lost, and the Alliance will jsut have to deal with the loss of a great Alliance hero.

But due to a bug, some players can speak Dragonic and it is confirmed that Alexstrasza actually says

Alexstrasza: They must not discover the fate of the young paladin. Not yet.

The "young paladin" probably refers to Bolvar Fordragon and thus, we can assume he's still alive. This is still only speculation.(##RESPBREAK##)8##DELIM##Gryphon##DELIM##

Comment by GinjaNinja

Scene for Wrathgate, cloudy and dark.Fire creates light.Unfortunately, that glow you see might just be light from the fire, there is also ash drifting up into the air too if you look carefully.So, hopefully, he was saved by the cleansing fires of the dragons. What happens next is unknown.... or its just fire. The fire fueled by burning paladin corpse. A paladin I really liked.Here's hoping for the 'Not-dead' option."I'm OK... just very badly burnt..." (Austin poweres reference)

Comment by jimilee

Can the 3 Skills he used during his time in Stormwind but added again? Shield Wall, Cleave, Highlords Justice oh and Retribution Aura. Not sure why they where removed

Comment by joshua10

he should of bubble-hearthed before the forsaken plague supposedly killed him

Comment by Raduu

I think this looks like the Alliance lord at the Wrathgate (movie).

Comment by zelris

im going with dubster1994's comment. the red dragonflight could have saved bolvar but i think arthas will turn saurfang into a DK, not bolvar. but im surprised how arthas killed saurfang with one strike when a 40-man raid cant even make him to 50% health!

Comment by Vikotnik

That's because it IS him, you dolt...

Comment by Bigalmou

This is just a theory on my part, but I think his title of "Highlord" might actually be a military rank of sorts, possibly the next step after grand marshal. Highlord could actually be the equivalent of the real life General Of The Army, meaning he leads Stormwind's army (it might actually be more correct to say he lead Stormwind's entire military though).

In a sense, the highlord rank is probably inferior to both a Grand Admiral and Supreme Commander; a Grand Admiral would lead the Alliances' navy and a Supreme Commander would lead the Alliances' armies.

He also technically holds the regent lord title, a human, dwarven and highelven/bloodelven title given to a temporary leader to rule in the absence or inability of the monarch at the time.

*MINOR SPOILER*

With Varian's return hes no longer a regent lord, but still holds the highlord title. With Bolvars death we have yet to see who our next highlord will be, although I guess thats not for us to worry about.(##RESPBREAK##)8##DELIM##Gryphon##DELIM##

Comment by sillybuns

I believe according to wowwiki he will be making an apperance in icecrown citadel as one of the Lich King's minions.

Comment by bates

If you, like me were looking for the quest Warn Bolvar! it was removed it patch 3.2.

Comment by pikkuhukka

Comment by MihaiLung

do NOT read pikkuhukka's post if you dont want to read an extremely important spoiler.

P.S. - pikkuhukka you're a retard

Edit: do NOT read any post below if you dont want spoilers :|

Comment by nemisi

no matter how look at it this is the only guy to be the next lich king

Comment by Random0008

Warning : Do not read nemesi's post if you don't want to see a very important spoiler.

Comment by Thginkhtaed

He looks so young and "noob" compared to DragonBlight version of him :P No offence! Just see for yourself.

Comment by malletin

since you all know its already this guy is gonna be a the new lich king.

Comment by Glamdring70

How many "please don't post spoilers" does it take for retards to get a clue? Don't post spoilers! Some people want to be surprised. Furthermore, your comment is redundant since Bllets already posted a link months ago.

Comment by Frostfiremage

The greatest hero of the Alliance... now he is... well you'll know soon enough =//Salute

You shall not be forgotten.

Comment by Kammu

After the first defeat of the Lich King in Icecrown Citadel, new statues are added to the central water fountain in Dalaran. There you can click on part of the new edifice and watch a video showing the aftermath of his defeat.

Hardly a spoiler any longer. (Of course, any one using Wowhead is spoiling one aspect of the game or another.)

Comment by ritmix

seen in the endmovie of WOTLK

Highlord Bolvar Fordragon was a venerated warrior of the Alliance and served as the Regent of Stormwind following the disappearance of King Varian Wrynn. After the treachery of Grand Apothecary Putress at the Battle of Angrathar the Wrathgate, Fordragon was believed to have been killed, either by the Forsaken Blight or the fires of the red dragonflight.

However, Fordragon survived, his body altered by the dragons' flame, and was tortured by the Lich King in an attempt to break him to his will. However, the noble spirit of Fordragon resisted the Lich King's deprevations. After the death of Arthas Menethil, the mortal host of the Lich King, Fordragon demanded that Tirion Fordring place the Helm of Domination, containing all of the powers of the Scourge, on his head, so that he would forever be the jailer of the damned - imprisoning the Lich King within the Frozen Throne once more and containing the threat of the Scourge.

short version:after the Wrath gate he looks like added screen :)

Comment by kingboss123

He is the new lich king in WotLK patch fall of the lich king

Comment by Duffles

Funny thing is, there was a dragon in Spyro the Dragon (the first one in the series) with the name of Bolvar. Wonder would've happen to SW and whatnot if Spyro hadn't come along.

Comment by Zanjuu

Spoiler much? Do NOT read kingboss123's post if you don't want a MAJOR SPOILER.

Comment by willapp657

I wonder what class he is ? cause i would say paladin but in someplaces he is a warrior =/

Any thoughts?

Comment by Ardanus

Did you even read the other comments posted above? *facepalm*

Comment by Redterror

He's a hunter, you can tell by the Feign Death he does and that immolation trap he put on himself for the looks.

Comment by komtog

yeah, and he left his pet in SW, the small pink thing in the throne room...

Comment by Ethlin

Considering he's not the SW leader anymore, this info is outdated and pretty much useless, but I figured I would say it anyway, if only for historical purposes.

From what I found, back when he was the SW faction leader, he was probably the most difficult boss (At least Alli) to defeat. Back then, the only entrance to SW was the front gate meaning the Horde had to run through, or make a warlock filled with soul shards (Keep in mind back then, 1 summon = one shard) and a few others go in to one of the hidden rooms on the side ahead of time.

The next part that made him difficult is that all the BG masters were behind him (Keep in mind this was back when you had to que from the BG masters), so there would be a fair amount of players, a lot of which were PvPers.

And third, as far as faction leaders go, he was one of the tougher ones, boasting a cleave and shield block (Or was it wall?), as well as a ret aura and the ability to self heal, top that off with an AOE stun which made it easy for players to wreck you.

No Horde raids on my server were ever able to kill him, but then again, my server has a ton of terrible players (Blade's Edge).

Comment by ThomasDWell

So anyone know what gear matches his look?

Comment by Blackbark

\Salute

Comment by Aeliren85

In case anyone wants to know what he's wearing (RP purposes, transmogrification, just looking fancy or to leave them to collect dust in your bank, whatever the reason), I've managed to put together what I believe is the closest look-alike set there it. Note that there's a mix of cloth, mail and plate, so if you're going for a mog... Sorry.

* = Not the exact piece, but the closest match I've been able to find. If anyone can find anything better, feel free to let me know.

Comment by Sora14

Was affected by a spell, placed by Onyxia herself so he'd be somewhat mindcontrolled. When the spell broke, he'd fight along side you (and your group), when the royal guard turns to their true dragonic appearance. He could basically solo the whole event-thing, if I recall correctly.